Is this a growth?

[Gator2019]

I noticed this whiteness on my Mandrin a few days ago and I finally got a good picture. What is this?

 

[Oceanwave45]

By any chance did you upload the picture?

 

[Humblefish]

Did you notice this first thing in the morning or while the lights were off? It might have just been him secreting his mucous coat for protection at night.

 

[Gator2019]

Did you notice this first thing in the morning or while the lights were off? It might have just been him secreting his mucous coat for protection at night.

I thought the pictures posts. Whoops. Is that what the mucus looks like? It is about 4 hours or so after the light came on.

 

[Humblefish]

@Gator2019 That looks to be something different. Is it sticking out of his gills?

 

[Gator2019]

@Gator2019 That looks to be something different. Is it sticking out of his gills?

I can’t tell where it is coming out of... he’s always hidden

 

[Gator2019]

@Gator2019 That looks to be something different. Is it sticking out of his gills?

Sometimes the sand gets clumpy and sticks to the back of snails and looks like that, but I don’t know if it is clumpy sand or a growth of some kind.

 

[Humblefish]

Sometimes the sand gets clumpy and sticks to the back of snails and looks like that, but I don’t know if it is clumpy sand or a growth of some kind.

That looks like a growth, possibly bacterial: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/bacterial-infections.191511/

But I cannot 100% rule out Lympho: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/lymphocystis.257461/

 

[Gator2019]

That looks like a growth, possibly bacterial: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/bacterial-infections.191511/

But I cannot 100% rule out Lympho: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/lymphocystis.257461/

I always thought that Mandrin were unable to get infections. But good read! I will see if I can catch him possibly and see if I can get it to go away.

 

[Humblefish]

I always thought that Mandrin were unable to get infections. But good read! I will see if I can catch him possibly and see if I can get it to go away.

Mandarins are more disease resistant, but it is not impossible for them to get parasites, worms, infections, etc.